Description:

The Opportunity:
The Attorney will work with our healthcare & public benefits practice group to represent clients to ensure access to healthcare and government benefits so they can live with dignity, eliminate barriers to employment and increase opportunities for families living in poverty. The Attorney will secure benefits and healthcare for clients and change public policy where needed; advance projects to improve economic independence for clients; and advocate for meaningful access to the administrative and court system.

The successful candidate must have the following skills and experience:
  • Membership in the Ohio Bar or ability to be admitted by motion or temporary certification is required. Attorneys with recent bar admissions are encouraged to apply.
  • Excellent legal and communication skills, computer competency, and an understanding of community lawyering preferred.
  • Ability to relate well with and a commitment to legal services to people with low incomes required.
  • Legal experience in government benefits and health care, or poverty law in general is helpful.
  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills and be experienced in working in collaborative environments.
  • Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish is helpful.
  • Commitment to ABLE's mission, the Strategic Advocacy Initiatives, and to ABLE's clients and client communities.